Deportation Stories – Heiki Ahonen
The Singing Revolution Educational Content • 3m 16s
Heiki Ahonen’s parents met while both were imprisoned in Soviet Labor Camps in the 1940s. He shares their story. Due to this history of his parents, Heiki was a marked man to the Soviets and was arrested himself in 1983 due to his anti-Soviet activities.
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